Smart N Save Cafe, River Road, Richmond

Ben noticed a newspaper clipping on Smart N Save Cafe while we were paying for our groceries when shopping at Smart N Save at Lansdowne Mall. It is interesting that a groceries store owner ventured into restaurant business.

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We decided to go for lunch at Smart N Save Cafe during Ben’s vacation day off on a week day. Smart N Save Cafe is located in the Vancouver Industrial Park Richmond at 7080 River Road, a very unlikely place for a restaurant. It is on the second floor where you can see a lighted red open sign on the photo above.

The restaurant does have a good view of the Fraser River though from it’s location.

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The restaurant closes early at 6PM.

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We were there before noon and there were just a couple of tables taken. It was almost full house when we left.

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The menu is not big, mostly snack items, noodles and dessert. You can click on the menu to have a larger view.

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The interesting thing about this restaurant is that it’s ordering system is high tech. We were given a QR code when we sat down. The server told us that we can place our order using our smart phone with a QR code reader like WeChat.  Unfortunately, Ben does not have such app on his cell phone. So, the server has to take our order manually.

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Ben ordered their house combo for $9.95. It came with a breaded Pork Chop which was deep fried to crispy and a bowl of steamed rice.

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The house combo also includes a Masago Cucumber Fake Crab Stick Salad.

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There is an option for a drink or a soup for the house combo. Ben opted for Ice Milk Tea. Ben loves the ice milk tea which is served in a chilled mug which keeps the drink cold without ice diluting the drink.

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I decided to order a few snack items instead. The above Fried Sticky Rice with preserved meat was recommended by the server. The rice was al-dante and not oily.  This is only $3.

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The above Chiu Chow dumpling was also recommendation from the server. It is filled with ground pork, peanut, dried shrimp, etc. The filings give it a crunchy texture. This is $4.

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Since Ben likes pork rind, I ordered a Curry Fish Balls, Radish and Pork Rind which is also $4. The curry was quite spicy.

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For dessert, I ordered Walnut Soup for $2. Apparently, it is not homemade but came from a pouch packaged by Niissin. I bet we can find this in Smart N Save in Lansdowne.

From what I overheard from the conversation between  the owner and  some customers, the owner is passsionate about street food in Hong Kong.

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Smart N Save Cafe accepts credit card.

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  1. Amy

    I can see this place being super popular with the lunch crowd that works around the area? Because the hours are a little odd.. I also like the plethora of choices when it comes to choosing a ramen.

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